I had occasion to require inpatient care at my local hospital last month, and a sign invited patients or visiting family members who had concerns about the patient experiencing things like trouble breathing or chest pains to contact the "Family Activated Rapid Response Team." They at least had the good sense not to reduce that to an acronym.

Apparently this sort of irresponsibility is deliberately inflicted upon the medical community, as in SNOT, the sino-nasal outcome test. The poor ENT doc I transcribe for has to dictate this with a straight "face" (voice, actually).

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